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Longest road tunnel in UK: 1934: Merseyside: Victoria Tunnel & Waterloo Tunnel: Railway: 3,254: 3,559: The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels - 2,475 metres (2,707 yd) and 862 metres (943 yd) - form a single tunnel divided by an air shaft, and having different names on each side of the shaft: 1849: Merseyside: Wapping Tunnel: Railway: 2,030: 2,220
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Tunnels in England" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 ...
The table below lists many of the tunnels under the River Thames in and near London, which, thanks largely to its underlying bed of clay, is one of the most tunnelled cities in the world. The tunnels are used for road vehicles, pedestrians, Underground and railway lines and utilities.
The Williamson Tunnels are a series of extensive subterranean excavations in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, England. They are thought to have been created under the direction of tobacco merchant, landowner and philanthropist Joseph Williamson between 1810 and 1840. Although popularly described as "tunnels", the majority comprise brick or ...
At the northern end, a tunnel connects to a shaft up to the former Trafalgar Square tube station (now merged with Charing Cross station), and to the BT deep level cable tunnels which were built under much of London during the Cold War. At the southern end, an 8 ft (2.4 m) diameter extension (Scheme 2845A) connects to a shaft under Court 6 of ...
Claimed to be the first canal tunnel with a towpath throughout. Berwick Tunnel, northern portal: Blisworth Tunnel: Grand Union Canal: 3,056 yards (2,794 m) [2] Northamptonshire: Blisworth Tunnel, southern portal: Branwood Tunnel: Stratford-upon-Avon Canal: 352 yards (322 m) [3] Brandwood Tunnel, eastern portal: Braunston Tunnel: Grand Union Canal
Pages in category "Road tunnels in England" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. A26 road; B.
Thorneywood Tunnel is a 408-yard-long tunnel south of Sherwood Tunnel with its north portal in a short cutting off Mickleborough Avenue, Nottingham. [3] This portal has also been covered with earth. There was once an embankment to the north of this tunnel leading first over two brick arches and then on to a high girder bridge.